Nutrition and Health

Gender Responsive School Sanitation, Health and Hygiene  (INEE, 2008)

Infants and young child feeding in emergencies: Operational guidance for emergency relief  (Emergency Nutrition Network Online, 2007) 

The purpose of this document is to provide concise and practical guidance on providing appropriate infant and young child feeding in emergencies. A number of elements are also applicable in nonemergency settings.
This document is also available in French and Spanish.

Breastfeeding Questions Answered: A Guide for Providers  (INFO Reports-Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2006)  

HIV and Infant Feeding (UNICEF, 2002)

This is a UNICEF fact sheet regarding HIV and infant feeding. This information is critical for ECD within emergency situations.  This document is also available in Spanish.

Reproductive health for communities in crisis: UNFPA emergency response (UNFPA, 2001) 

Communities in crisis are suddenly deprived of reproductive health information and services. Access is cut off, yet needs persist, even escalate. A large number of refugees and internally displaced women will be pregnant, facing delivery under dangerous conditions; others may be victims of violence including rape. This document emphasizes early action in extreme situations and examines safe motherhood and family planning, adolescent reproductive health, ways to address sexual violence, HIV/AIDS and STI prevention, etc...

Management of severe malnutrition: A manual for physicians and other senior helath workers (World Health Organization, 1999)

This manual provides practical guidelines for the management of those with severe malnutrition. It seeks to promote the best available therapy so as to reduce the risk of death, shorten the length of time spent in hospital, and facilitate rehabilitation and full recovery. Of particular emphasis is the management of severely malnourished children. This manual may serve as a resource to ameliorate the effects of malnourishment among children, especially during emergency situations.